Display-fixture.



H. v. .LOUGH.

DISPLAY FIXTURE. 7 APPLICATION FlLED MAY 13 IQIG- 1,251,620 Patented Dec, 25, 1917/.

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H. V. LOUGH. DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY13. I916. I 1 1 1,251,062., Pmmm Dec. 25,1911

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HECTOR V. LOUGH, 0'5 NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 GOLDBERG DISPLAY FIXTURES, OF-NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application filed May 13, 1916. Serial No. 97,229.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnoron V. LoUerI, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of North Plainfield, county of Somerset, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in that class of display fixtures or racks in which are employed a series of swinging leaves or panels on which the articles to be displayed are hung or mountedf. One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a display fixture of this type wherein the exposed leaves or panels will beflat or substantially parallel with the vertical suport.

p Another object of the invention is to mount the display leaves or panels in rotatable brackets, in such manner that as the leaves are swung from one side to the other the brackets will be rotated sufiiciently to bring the exposed panels or leaves into a vertical plane parallel with the supporting wall or casing.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the swinging leaves or panels that they incline upwardly and inwardly slightly, in order that they will maintain themselves in planes parallel with the supporting wall or bracket. As will be more fully hereinafter described, display rack constructed as described herein will consist of a series of leaves or panels which open like a book, and wherein the exposed leaves will open fiat so that the articlesmounted on the two exposed leaves may be readily examined.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a face view of the display'fixture; V

Fig. 2 is a plan view, thereof.

Fig. 3 a similar view showing the leaves or panels in a slightly different arrangement;

Fig. 4 a vertical sectional view of the fixture;

Fig. 5 a horizontal sectional viewon the line V-V of Fig. 4; V

Fig. 6 a vertical sectional view on the line VI-VI of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 a bottom view of the lower rotatable bracket or leaf support.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the upper support, and 2 the lower support, which are adapted to be secured to a suitable casing or to a side wall. These supports are rigidly connected together by a. rod 8. Journaled in these supports, near their outer ends, is a vertical leaf-supporting shaft 4. This shaft is so mounted that it inclines slightly inwardly and upwardly, as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. To this supporting shaft, near the upper support 1, is rigidly secured a leaf-carrying bracket 5, a similar leafcarrying bracket 6 being rigidly secured to said shaft near the lower support 2. The bracket 5 is substantially. semicircular in plan view and is provided near its outer curved edge with a series of vertical apertures adapted to receive the upwardly extending journals 7 of the leaves or panels 8. The lower leaf-support 6 is provided in its upper surface, near its outer curved edge, with a series of bearing depressions 9 adapted to receive the downwardly extending journals 10 on the leaves or panels 8. The journals 7 are of sufficient length to permit the journals 10 to be lifted out of the recesses 9 in order that the leaves maybe detached from the supporting brackets.

Mounted in the upper side of the support 2 directly in the rear of the supporting shaft 4:, is a roller 11, the axis of said roller being horizontal and radial to the shaft d. Formed on the under side of the supporting bracket 6 is a semi-circular undulating track '12 which is formed with recesses 13 and ridges 14-, said track being adapted tobear upon the roller 11. The entire weight of the shaft d and the leaves and brackets carried thereby, rests directly on the roller 11, and said entire frame is adapted to be raised and lowered as the leaf-supporting bracket 6 is rotated and the track 12 passes over the roller 11; The ridges 14 and recesses 13 are so disposed in the track that when the roller 11 is engaged in one of said recesses 13 the bracket 6 will be held in such a position that the bearings for the two exposed leaves or panels will be almost directly, in front of the supporting shaft and equal distances on opposite sides of the center thereof and in such positions that the leaves may extend in opposite directions and lie in substantially the same vertical plane, parallel with the supporting wall or other supporting medium to which the supports 1 and 2 are connected.

The lower supporting bracket 6 is formed with upstanding lugs 15 near its inner ends,

said lugs forming stops for the end leaves when said end leaves have been brought forward and in position tobe exposed, as indicated in Fig. 3. As shown in that view, one of the exposed leaves bears against the adjacent stop 15 so that said leaf is held in a plane substantially parallel with the supporting wall. In order to stop the rotation of the supporting brackets and the shaft 4. when the last panel of the series has been exposed, the bracket 6 is formed with stops 16 on its under side, said stops being adapted to engage a stop 17 on the upper side of the support 2.

The panels or leaves are so constructed that when they are swung from one side to the other they bear upon or engage the inner vertical edge of the adjoining panel, and then further turning pressure on the outer edge of the panel forces the brackets to rotate and causes the track 12 to travel over the roller 11 until the next recess in the track settles down over the roller, thus bringing the next set of panels forward and in such position that they may lie'flatwise, or in a plane substantiallyparallel to the supporting wall or case. It will, of course, be understood that the pan ls or leaves may be caused to engage any other form of stop,

instead of the vertical edge of the adjoining panel, in order to secure the turning movement of the brackets. I have found it con- Venient to have the leaves arranged as shown and to permit one panel to engage the inner vertical edge of the adjoining panel, in order to bring the necessary pressure on the brackets to carry the undulating track over the roller 11, but, of course, I am not to be limited to this particular construction or arrangement.

By inwardly and upwardly inclining the supporting shaft a the tendency of the leaves will be to swing backwardly or inwardly toward the wall. and this will assist materially in holding the exposed two leaves or panels in their fiat or open position.

It will readily be understood that the brackets 1 and 2 may be supported in any suitable manner and upon any suitable frame. It is also manifest that the rotation of the lower bracket 6 may be secured in any suitable manner, although it is very desirable to so arrange the parts that the more turning of the leaves also brings about the swinging of the leaf-supporting bracket.

It is obvious that any suitable form of leaf or panel may be employed, but I prefer to use one in which the upper journal of the leaf is slightly longer than the lower one, so that the said leaves may be lifted and then detached from the supporting brackets.

What I claim is:

l. A display fixture comprising supporting means, an upright shaft slidably and rotatably mounted in said supporting means, leaf-supporting brackets mounted on said shaft and rotatable therewith, leaves pivotally mounted in said brackets and adapted to rotate said shaft step-by-step when swung from one sideto the other, and means for limiting the downward movement of said shaft and yieldably maintaining the shaft in its rotatably adjusted positions.

2. A display fixture comprising supports, an upwardly and inwardly inclined supporting shaft mounted in said supports, leafsupporting brackets rigidly mounted on said shaft, a roller'mounted in the lower support, an undulating flange formed on the under side of the lower leaf-supporting:bracket and adapted to engage the roller, whereby the supporting shaft will be carried by the roller, and a series of swinging leaves mounted in the leaf-supporting brackets.

3. -A display fixture comprising supports, a supporting shaft mounted in said supports, leaf-supporting brackets rigidly mounted on said shaft, a roller mounted in the lower support, an undulating flange formed on the under side of the lower leafsupporting bracket and adapted to engage the roller, whereby the supporting shaft will be carried by the roller, and a series of swinging leaves mounted in the leaf-supporting brackets.

e. A display fixture comprising upper and lower sup-ports, an upwardly and inwardly inclined supporting shaft mounted therein, upper and lower leaf-supporting brackets rigidly secured to said shaft, an undulating track formed on the under side of the lower leaf'supporting'bracket, a roller mounted in the lower support and adapted to be engaged by the said undulating track, whereby said roller will sustain the supporting shaftand the parts connected thereto, and a series of swinging leaves carried by the leafsupporting brackets, said leaves being adapted to engage each other near their pivotal points as they are swung from one side to the other, and to serve as means for forcing the undulating track step-by-step over the sustaining roller.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

HECTOR V. LOUGH.

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